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Many of us have heard the Parable of the Sower. It's found in Matthew 13:1–23, Mark 4:1–20, Luke 8:4–15. Some call it the Parable of the Soils as the illustration emphasizes the difference of the outcome based on the quality of the soil where the seeds land. Jesus tells of a farmer who sows seed indiscriminately. Some seed falls on the path (wayside) with no soil, some on rocky ground with little soil, some on soil which contains thorns, and some on good soil. In the first case, the seed is taken away; in the second and third soils, the seed fails to produce a crop; but when it falls on good soil, it grows and yields. And today we are that soil. Will we yield fruit? Are we good soil? Or are we like the soil that is in the pathway hardened and the seed never is planted but instead it bounces off and then is swept away. Are we like the soil where the seed that lands on the rock and the plant can't have any roots. These individuals can recieve the word of God (the seeds) but without roots, any temptation prevents vegetation from growing. Are we like soil with thorns growing? Are we so invested in the cares, riches, and pleasures of life that anything that the seeds (the word of God) would yield... is choked? 
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